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>>>>https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/us/ford-mask-covid-trnd/index.html
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>>>"... things are already f'd up ... "
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>>I certainly understand that even after 2 COVID shots, a person isn't "pristine" right away. I get that.
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>>But there's a face validity issue (or at least question) here - why would Ford be announcing this right after the first release of the vaccines?
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>Not announcing ASAP just to find a lull period in news seems bad as well...
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>While I certainly can follow the reasoning for hearing impaired, smiles I think might be less relevant than better filtering or less problems for people wearing glasses.

The mask are a real problem to my youngest son and his wife. They are both deaf and depend on lip reading to communicate with people who do not know sign language.